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United rates Patent LADIES CUFF BAGS Ruth Freedman, New York, N. Y.

Application July 11, 1952, Serial No. 298,393

2 Claims. (Cl. 150-28) The present invention relates to a ladys bag and more particularly to the type to be worn as a cuff at wrist or any arm region of a hand, and if desired can be carried as a hand bag.

An object of this invention is to provide a novel and improved ladys bag which is adapted to be Worn as a cuff, afiording a construction which makes it difiicult to be tampered with while being worn and such tampering be unnoticed.

Another object thereof is to provide a ladys hand bag of novel and improved construction, which may also be worn as a cuff at wrist or any part of an arm, including a handle so associated with the closure means that tampering with the bag to open same, is hard to go unnoticed.

A further object of this invention is to provide a novel and improved bag of the character mentioned, which lets the hand free, affords the carrying of many articles Without discomfort, lends itself to many shapes, sizes and manner of decoration, and is efficient in carrying out the purposes for which it is designed.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as this disclosure proceeds.

in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Fig. 1 is a pictorial view showing a ladys bag embodying the teachings of this invention. Said bag is shown worn on the forearm in the manner of a cuff.

Fig. 2 shows the same bag adapted to be carried by its handle as an ordinary handbag.

Fig. 3 is a section taken at lines 33 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section taken at lines 44 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged top view of the bag, taken of Fig. 2. The pocket portions are here shown partially opened.

In the drawings, the numerals and 16 are plies of fabric or other suitable sheet material, formed as a flat tubular structure to serve as a wristlet, loose cuff or armband. At least one of these plies is associated with a third ply to form a pocket therewith. In fact, in the embodiment illustrated, each of these plies is made part of a separate pocket respectively. The ply 15 is associated with an outer ply 17 thereon to form the pocket 18, while the ply 16 has on it the outer ply 19 to form the pocket 20. The mouths of said pockets are at one of the entrances of the cuff structure. The closure means provided for each mouth, is a slidable fastener commonly called a zipper. The zipper controlling the mouth of the pocket 18, is designated by the numeral 21, and that for the pocket 20, is denoted as 22. The operating slide 21' controls the zipper 21. The operating slide 22 controls the zipper 22. Said closure means are so arranged that when both are in closed condition, their operating slides will be at opposite ends of the zippers, or same may be termed at opposite sides of the bag as shown in Fig. 2 and easily discernible in Fig. 5. The ends of a handle 23 are secured or otherwise anchored in suitable fashion, one end to each of the sliders 21 and 22 respectively. Referring to Fig. 2, the side edges of all the plies at the left 2,71 1,202 Patented June 21, 1955 of the bag structure are secured to each other along their length, and the same is true with the side edges of all the plies at the right side .of the bag. The bottom edges of the plies 15 and 17 are secured along their length. Likewise, the bottom edges of the plies 16v and 19 are secured along their length. Such joining of the plies may be by sewing to form the two separate zipper-controlled pockets 18 and 20 which can be worn on the. arm as in Fig. 1, or carried as a bag as in Fig. 2.

When worn on the arm, the handle 23 is placed within the cuff against the arm of the wearer, and it is preferred 'that the Zippers shall be nearest the hand. When the hand is engaged in any pursuit, the zippers are within the view of the wearer. When the arm is at the side at rest, the bag is in inverted position. It is quite difficult to pick the bag when so inverted, much more so than when the mouths areon top. Regardless of which position the article is worn cuff-wise, movement of any of the zipper operating sliders would cause a drag on the handle which would be felt by the wearer if picking is attempted.

It is to be noted that when the article is worn on the arm, the mouths of the pockets are around the arm and not along the arm. When the pocket opening is along the arm, detection of picking is quite difficult. Further it is to be noted that the mouths of the pockets are along an open end of the cuff structure and not between the open ends of the cuff. This also makes it more difiicult to pick unnoticed.

The article described may have any perimetral contour and any desired surface decoration, and of course may be made in different sizes. Interior compartments may be provided in the pockets 18 and 20 as is usual in hand-bag and vanity bag manufacture. For instance a gussetted sleeve 24 may serve to hold a folding umbrella for example, which in collapsed condition measures about seven inches in length; the bag in such instance being of a size to suit and it is to be noted that such article would lie along the arm when the bag is worn on the arm, and there would be no discomfort as would be occasioned if such umbrella (not shown) would be carried in a position across the arm.

To hold the bag from slipping along the arm 26, and to make the article adaptable to be worn on arms of different cross-sectional sizes, I provide the elastic tapes 25 which bridge the plies 15 and 16, positioned to stretch and grip the arm when the bag is worn thereon as in Fig. 1.

'These tapes 25 are in spaced relation from each other and spaced from the closed ends of the cuff formed by said plies and also spaced from the open ends of the cuff.

The width of said tapes 25 is made optional and if desired may be elastic cords. The handle 23, for the purposes herein stated, is made of a pliable material or may be a chain. The plies may be of any structure or material which is bendable so that the cuff may be donned.

It is also to be noted that when the bag is held suspended from its handle in hand, an unauthorized attempt to open the bag by movement of one of the zipper slides, would cause the bag to hang unbalanced,which condition serves 0 to alert the wearer.

' This invention is capable of various forms and applications without departing from the essential features herein disclosed. It is therefore intended and desired that the embodiment shown herein be deemedillustrativeand not restrictive and that the patent shall cover all patentable novelty herein set forth; reference being had to the following claims rather than to the specific description herein to indicate the scope of this invention.

I claim:

1. In a bag, a flat tubular member of pliable character; at least one outer face of said flat tubular member carrying'a ply of pliable character forming a pocket therewith whose mouth is along an open end of said member, slide fastener means along such pocket mouth, serving as closure means therefor; said fastener means including slidable operating means, adapted to open and close said fastener means when moved in a direction around the open end of said tubular member along which its associated fastener means is positioned and a pair of spaced elastic elements mounted on and each spanning the opposite interior surfaces of said tubular member; each of said elastic elements being secured on said interior surfaces at regions spaced from the closed side ends of said tubular member; the axis of the spaced elastic elements being substantially coaxial with the axis of the tubular member, said member being adapted to be opened to receive the arm of a wearer between its interior surfaces and said elastic elements; said elements being of a length so that same are in stretched condition when the arm of a wearer is positioned between them and through said tubular member.

2. In a bag, a flat tubular member of pliable character adapted to be opened to be worn encircling a portion of an arm of a wearer; each outer face of said flat tubular member carrying a ply of pliable character forming a pocket therewith respectively; the mouths of said pockets being along one open end of said tubular member, separate slide fastener means along the mouth of each of said pockets respectively; each of said fastener means including a slidable operating element for opening and closing said fastener means respectively when such elements are moved respectively in a direction around the open end of said tubular member along which said fastener means are positioned; said operating elements being one at each closed side of the tubular member when said slidable fasteners are in condition closing said mouths respectively and a pliable elongated handle component having its ends carried respectively on said operating elements.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNTTED STATES PATENTS Germany Dec. 20, 1920 

